Blizzard Suspends Hearthstone Player For Hong Kong Support, Pulls Prize Money
This is super shitty of @Blizzard_Ent - I understand the business reasons for it, but it skeeves me out. This is the problem with engagin... »
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Looking to show solidarity and demand that @kickstarter #RecognizeKSRU? Here's how you help: https… »
Betsy DeVos Could Face Jail After Judge Rules She Violated 2018 Order on Student Loans
what if we work towards abolishing prisons by trading one of these administration assholes for 1000 currently imprisoned people. Devos in... »
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PlayStation 5 launches holiday 2020: #PS5 »
Adobe compliance with U.S. Executive Order | Venezuela
Adobe has canceled the Creative Cloud subscriptions of all Venezuelan users, citing sanctions. What tech companies will follow? https://t... »
LoFi Hip Hop Radio Girl Still Fails Test After Four Years of Studying
LoFi Hip Hop Radio Girl Still Fails Test After Four Years of Studying »
British Cave Rescuer Torches Elon Musk In New Court Docs
Musk is cooked. (Birchall is his family fixer) »
The China Cultural Clash – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
Important and timely @benthompson post on how we need to start thinking about China, the internet, money, and our values »
For the first time ever, taxes on the 400 richest Americans were lower than taxes on everyone else / Boing Boing
For the first time ever, taxes on the 400 richest Americans were lower than taxes on everyone else »
Wall Street Spreads Anybody–But–Elizabeth Warren Sentiment
Is @ewarren “electable”? Would all these assholes be working overtime to demonize her if she weren’t? »
adventuresinpoortaste.com/2019/10/04/marvel-preview-the-unbeatable-squirrel-girl-49
xkcd is now canon in the Marvel universe (from Squirrel Girl #49, out tomorrow!) »
Reality checks
Absolutely loved this thoughtful nuanced piece by @ameliargh on influencer backlash and the impossible standards women are held to https:... »
White House Declares War on Impeachment Inquiry, Alleging Effort to Undo Trump’s Election - The New York Times
Obstruction of Justice is official White House policy. What will Congress do about it? »
Tech issues: The myth of inevitable technological progress - Vox
“Evolution is a terrible metaphor for technology Technologists’ desire to make a parallel to evolution is flawed at its very foundation. ... »
Potential PSPS outage maps
potential bay area PG&E power shut-off areas today (more info »
How Tiki Bars Ripped Off the Caribbean Through Cultural Appropriation - Eater
For @Eater, I wrote about the colonialism endemic to treating the tropical as an aesthetic. »
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We are now pulling out of the Open Skies Treaty? Really? Please tell me this can't be true. »
Opinion | The Rich Really Do Pay Lower Taxes Than You - The New York Times
Watch how radically taxes on the wealthy have fallen over the past 70 years: (Full column: https… »
On TikTok, There Is No Time | WIRED
?On TikTok, There Is No Time »
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How Google Protected Andy Rubin, the ‘Father of Android’ - The New York Times
@AsherVo Hey, I can't remember when I followed you, but I'd super appreciate if you would consider reading this article. It hurts me to s... »